"Keep matriculating the ball down the field, boys."

Note to ESPN2: When showing all of the Super Bowl highlight films, do not, under any circumstance, chop up SB IV highlights to get back on schedule. SB V would be much more appropriate. Especially with the 1:00 start time on SB V. Thank you. Idiots.

Hey, it's Super Sunday. The next election process should force both presidential candidates to pledge a national holiday on presidential election days and the day after the Super Bowl each year. I actually saw a speech John Edwards made yesterday and C-Span titled it "Road to the White House 2008".

Anyhow, today's game. Continuing that theme, the Eagles are the John Kerry of football. They beat up a bunch of pretenders in their own conference and are woefully inadequate when it comes time to face the real champ, the Patriots. The Pats are like a machine these days, absolutely thrashing their last two opponents and I look for a double-digit win from them today. It's the Pats minus the points.

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Here are all of the Super Bowl prop bets. How about Christian Fauria at 30-1 for the first TD scored?

There are only 5 writers who have covered every Super Bowl. Let's face it, you had to be at the first one and still breathing today. I heard Dr. Z from SI say he would have been in that group, but his editor sent him to a basketball game instead of SB I.

No one seems to know how Jacksonville got the Super Bowl this year, but from I've heard, it's a disaster down there. And I don't think anyone's gonna take the credit or blame on this one. With next year's game in Detroit, which may actually be warmer than Jacksonville this year, the commish can't wait for a warm weather site. Here's Tags on the state of the NFL.

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Showtime, traditionally the weaker sister when it comes to boxing, had a most excellent card last night. In the opener, Monte Barrett beat the appropriately named Owen "What the Heck?" Beck in 9 rounds. An entertaining bout, because these heavyweights actually threw punches. Barrett survived an ugly cut for the KO.

In the main event, Zab "Super" Judah, given up for dead a while back, did what every boxer dreams of...whipping a guy on his home turf. He beat hometown hero, Cory Spinks (Leon's son), in nine rounds in front of the sold-out Savvis Center crowd in Saint Louis. Spinks, who was the undisputed champ, had arguably, the greatest entrance in the history of boxing. He likes to dance on his way to the ring, much like Prince Naseem Hamed used to do. He didn't just play a Nelly record, he had Nelly rap with him on the way to the ring! It was quite the spectacle. The crowd went nuts, Cory's dancin', Nelly's rappin', the belts paraded behind them, it was very cool. Judah's pacing around the ring while this is going on, sporting the thought bubbble, "I hate Nelly.". Then he KO'd Spinks in the ninth round.

Crowd was absolutlely stunned. Judah only took $100,000 for the fight, while Spinks got $1.2 million. Don King was happy, because he got a sell out in Saint Louis, of all places. Plus, Judah becomes marketable once more. Poor Cory. He was the Man, now it's a really tough division and he may not get it back.

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